CVE-2016-6318

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Stack-based buffer overflow in the FascistGecosUser function in lib/fascist.c in cracklib allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or gain privileges via a long GECOS field, involving longbuffer.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila en la función FascistGecosUser en lib/fascist.c en cracklib permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicacion) u obtener privilegios a través de campos GECOS largos, implicando un búfer largo.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-07-26 CVE Reserved
2016-09-07 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/16/2	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92478	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00023.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00122.html	2023-02-12
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-25	2023-02-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cracklib Project Search vendor "Cracklib Project"		Cracklib Search vendor "Cracklib Project" for product "Cracklib"				>= 2.9.0 < 2.9.6 Search vendor "Cracklib Project" for product "Cracklib" and version " >= 2.9.0 < 2.9.6"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected